the high jump

:  rising or extending upward a great distance :  taller than average, usual, or expected

:  having a specified height or elevation :  tall

:  situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation

:  at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree

:  well, luxuriously

:  an elevated place or region: such as

:  hill, knoll

:  the space overhead :  sky

:  to spring into the air :  leap

:  to spring free from the ground or other base by the muscular action of feet and legs

:  to move suddenly or involuntarily :  start

:  an act of jumping :  leap

:  any of several sports competitions featuring a leap, spring, or bound

:  a leap in figure skating in which the skater leaves the ice with both feet and turns in the air

:  exactly, pat